On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:15 AM, LeeE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to add that I'm getting the same problem as oswaldkelso > except that I'm on i386 and not ppc and the card is an ATI 9200 > (RV280). I can boot the system in to a back up 'etch' install > where it works ok. > > To summarise: > > Xorg appears to load and run ok but the screen remains blank. If I > leave the system alone i.e. not touching the mouse or keyboard I > can see the monitor switch into standby and then if I hit a key or > move the mouse the monitor comes back out of standby but the screen > remains blank. > > When booting the system from an Ubuntu 8 cd for a live session I can > hear the session start-up sounds, indicating that xorg thinks it's > working ok. If I then Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill X I hear the > session startup sounds again, as x reloads. > > A curious thing I've noticed is that when X thinks it's running ok > it's not possible to use the screen (A Philips 109s CRT monitor) > OSD controls to change brightness, contrast etc. - the OSD controls > do not appear on the screen, but they do appear ok when back in the > console or when etch is running. > > Running with DPMS disabled made no difference - it does not seem to > be possible to disable EDID with the xorg ati driver. > > I've also tried several different kernel versions, with no change. > > Please let me know if you want the xorg conf & log, but they don't > seem to show anything relevent - as I say, xorg seems to think that > it's running ok.
Please provide your xorg log and config. Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]